Durban panchang, 11 December 2024
Sunrise 04:49 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 14:46 Margashirsha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
04:49 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:34 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:04 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:17 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:34
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:18 Moon enters Aries
- 10:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:49 to 04:49 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:29 – 04:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:39 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:39
- Nakshatra Revati until 08:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 15:17
- Karana Vanija until 10:58, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 08:18 Moon enters Aries
- 10:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:17 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:39 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 08:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:04 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:17 – 01:35 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:49 – 08:18
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:18 – 04:49 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 03:29 – 04:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:49 – 08:18
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:39 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 04:49 – 06:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:34 – 08:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:19 – 10:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:04 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 17:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:04 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:04 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:04 – 02:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:19 – 03:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:34 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:19 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:49 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:49 NowMars
- 16:49 NowSun
- 17:49 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:49 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:29 – 05:12 Scorpio
- 05:12 – 07:26 Sagittarius
- 07:26 – 09:48 Capricorn
- 09:48 – 12:06 Aquarius
- 12:06 – 14:24 Pisces
- 14:24 – 16:45 Aries
- 16:45 – 19:04 Taurus
- 19:04 – 21:08 Gemini
- 21:08 – 22:49 Cancer
- 22:49 – 00:15 next day Leo
- 00:15 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 04:49 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method